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We shouldnt have to sign a fucking petition for members of the same party to support the fucking candidate
TBF a lot of claims that the vast majority of DNC in the NY State Congress support Mamdani, and he's been congratulated by Bill Clinton and the DNC Minority Speakers in US House and Senate.
Having like a 90% approval among your party might not be the greatest but it's not terrible.
But being congratulated doesn't mean being endorsed.
DNC: Congratulations Mamdani!
whispers to colleague Get him...
But it's not good enough when the media is giving megaphones to the 10% and ignoring the 90
They would have endorsed cuomo.
Unfortunately, the establishment Dems have the desires of the voters in one hand and they're weighing that against hundreds of millions of dollars in soft money in the other, and so far the money has an uninterrupted win streak.
And Gilibrand has already clearly signaled which side she favors.
Never forget Hillary v. Bernie.
That was when it kicked off in earnest.
I still think that if there's one single person who deserves more of the blame than anyone else for Trump becoming president in the first place, it's Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
You can blame Hillary more.
Never forget.
He’s already gotten endorsements from some of the most influential progressives. Fuck the centrists. NY wants change that benefits the working class.
It's less that she's a centrist, more that she's an AIPAC beneficiary. She's sponsored by Israel, just like Schumer.
It’s less that she’s a centrist, more that she’s an AIPAC beneficiary.
That particular Venn diagram has a lot of overlap.
I wouldn't trust Elizabeth Warren she a snake who will if the party tells her to, will bend the knee and pull her endorsement and give it to the rapist. Remember she sabotage Sanders 2020 run because she thought they make her VP.
The Democratic Party WILL rig the general election. Hell, they’ll probably work with Republicans to get their candidate in over Mamdani.
Who owns the machines? Is the software audited? Are there tabulation servers involved?
Wouldn't it have been easier to rig the primary?
Why not really? Nobody would have blinked at the results if he lost the primary. If he loses the general, especially to someone he beat in the primary, there will be a lot more attention. This is especially true with a candidate who's popularity seems to leap forward every time a poll is done.
And the hand-count auditing of machine results for mayoral primaries is usually overseen by just a handful of people. It’s way more achievable. Tampering with those machines is easy by comparison.
IMO if the conspiracy hinges on “hacking” voting technology, it almost certainly overestimates not only their internal complexity but their role in determining election results.
I for one think that Islamophobia is as serious an offense as sexual misconduct and that Gillibrand should be cancelled and resign, just like Al Franken.
She's just saying the only part out loud because she doesn't have to worry about re-election until 2030.
She needs a primary challenger in 2030. Maybe Mamdani himself.
If progressive are going to gain a foothold in American politics, it'll be despite and not because of the DNC. For as shitty as it is, Trump put everyone in place by winning again and again. He selectively sought retribution, but mostly took them and put them in line. Now they can't be happier to go to bat for him.
The only difference will be the GenX Democratic elite will say they always believed in these ideas and are glad to have helped in the fight. They wouldn't have, but they need to save face.
Stop getting mad that the established democratic leadership lies and cheats. Call it out and get back on message. I think the messaging is stronger than their relexive grasps to hold on to power despite having no vision of the future.
I am just so sick of Gilibrand. I still cannot forgive her for what she did to Al Franken. And now this?
The establishment dems are not an opposition party, their "opposition" to the right is entirely stage and theater. They don't want socialism in any capacity, they are paid by the exact same people as those who pay off the Republicans and they despise people like Mamdani and will do everything they can to sabotage anyone trying to make actual progress in politics.
We would do far better with more broad, grassroots, country-wide efforts to primary every sitting Dem senator and many in congress. In fact, that may be our only hope at this point of saving the country.
what the fuck, 30 thousand people? you don't tell a klan member to please get behind a minority candidate. you tell them to resign in shame and get the fuck out.
she fucking wore a white robe with a pointy hoodie and spewed the most vile shit you've heard since dubya left the office and you sign a petition for her to grace Mamdani with her disgusting xenophobic racist ass endorsement?
what's next, should he parade liz cheney around in his general election campaign?